Nights at the Dream Cafe
Author | : John Mahoney |
Publisher | : Hillcrest Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2011-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781934938584 |
ISBN-13 | : 1934938580 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The Dream Cafe, a popular neighborhood restaurant, is a welcoming haven for all kinds of people. The owner feels that the cae's exceptional nighttime goings-on should be preserved, so he asks Tom Gibbs, a young writer, to be its official scribe. Spanning the calendar year before the United States' involvement in World War II, the novel is comprised of a series of chronological stories--narrated by Tom Gibbs--each describing events at the cafe on a single night. John Mahoney, himself a young man during the time period evoked, brings vitality and veracity to the novel's mood and content. Anyone wishing to relive--or discover--the pre-WWII era will enjoy reading "Nights at the Dream Cafe."